Regional News of Sunday, 1 March 2015

Source: Isaac Amoah Asare

Students of Anyinam SHS Cries For Help

Management and staff of Anyinam senior high school are appealing to government, coperate bodies as well as individuals to come to the aid of the school due to numerous challenges it faces. According to school authorities, the school lacks almost all the neccessary infrastructure as well as other basic needs of both teachers and students. Speaking at a stakeholders consultation forum at Anyinam on the theme: "Repositioning of Anyinam SHS", the headmaster of the school, Boakye Dankwa indicated that, the school which was built seventeen years ago lacks classrooms,lack of permanent teachers as it has only three with the rest being part-time teachers, portable and safe drinking water, toilet facilities, poor dormitories among others. He has however appealed to government to absorb the school under the education service in other to relieve them of their numerous challenges. " I am appealing to government to absorb the school because we cannot even pay the teachers in the school" mr. Dankwa added. The chief of Anyinam, Barima Kwaku Buabeng lll commended the staff of the school for doing a great job despite the challenges they face. He assured them of continious support of the traditional authority and also called on other agencies as well as non-governmental organisations to come and support the school. Barima Buabeng lll however pledged to assist the school with polytank to ease problem of water of the students. The member of parliament for Atiwa east constituency, hon. Abena Osei Asare in her speech called on all stakeholders to do their best to make the school one of the best in the region. He also promised to do her best as MP to lobby for support for the school. Mr. Benjamin Morvey who is secretary of United class association, organisers of the forum were grateful to all participants for their contributions and urged authorities to implement the decisions taken to reposition the school for the better. Meanwhile the school currently has seventy-seven students, three permanent teachers, six part-time teachers and three national service personels but payment of salaries remains a challenge.